- Source: 2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash
On 11 February 2014, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force, carrying 74 passengers and 4 crew members, crashed into Djebel Fertas mountain near Aïn Kercha, Algeria. Only one person survived.
Preliminary reports suggest that bad weather conditions might have caused the crash. The accident is under investigation.
Weather conditions
Algerian defence ministry said the crash was likely caused by bad weather, including a storm and cascading snow, which Algerian aviation experts said most likely had led to poor visibility.
According to AccuWeather, at the time of the crash "an area of low pressure moving through the region was producing widespread showers mixed with snow in the higher terrain of the area"; meteorologist Eric Leister added that, "along with the rain and snow, wind gusts more than 30 mph (48 km/h) were reported in several locations in the region".
Accident
Contact with the aircraft was reportedly lost between Constantine and Oum El Bouaghi just before noon and air traffic controllers dispatched helicopters to search for it. The sole survivor, a soldier, was taken to a military hospital in Constantine due to injuries from head trauma. The passengers included soldiers and members of their families.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a US-manufactured C-130 Hercules with the registration number 7T-WHM. Lockheed Martin confirmed it sold C-130H aircraft to Algeria from 1981 to 1990. As of 2011, Algeria had 16 of the type according to FlightGlobal.
Investigation
Recovery teams located one of the two flight recorders, according to El Watan. Emergency services had recovered 76 bodies from the site.
Reaction
Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced three days of state mourning starting 12 February, while also praising the dead soldiers as "martyrs". The defence ministry said it had established an investigative commission and that army chief of staff and deputy defence minister Ahmed Gaid Salah would visit the crash site.
See also
2012 Norwegian C-130 crash
Mirosławiec air disaster
List of sole survivors of airline accidents or incidents
List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules
2018 Algerian Air Force crash
References
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- Invasi Ukraina oleh Rusia
- 2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash
- Algerian Air Force
- List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
- Royal Moroccan Air Force
- EADS CASA C-295
- List of Lockheed C-130 Hercules operators
- Chadian Air Force
- List of national days of mourning (2000–2019)
